A discussion forum for an excellent FBS detector from Minelab. Please share your knowledge of the new machine and possibly point out the differences to users already familiar with the Minelab Explorer.http://www.findmall.com/list.php?63Sat, 25 May 2013 01:06:56 -0500 Phorum 5.2.18 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1915126,1915126#msg-1915126 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1915126,1915126#msg-1915126 Johnlaw09 Minelab E-TRAC ForumFri, 24 May 2013 21:47:10 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1914748,1914748#msg-1914748 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1914748,1914748#msg-1914748Today I went down to Atlanta to do soome relic hunting with a good friend of mine.We finally got tired of running the same grounds and knocked on some doors. This older gentleman let us in his backyard.The best thing about his backyard is that it backs up to some trenches, and we can never hunt down the side of the trenches because its on his property. Since we decided cherry pick,(Oh we will be back for the sweet deep) I removed my 6 inch DD and and put on the stock coil in the owner's back yard. Swicthing coils only takes about three minutes and my friend grabbed his first button. I stood up hit the N/C(and waitedddddd) he popped another one and about 5 inches deep.I asked him to let me scan it so I can get a reading. On the etrac the button was 12-18/20(My friend MXT it came up 40) yep folks thats a PULLTAB and I dug 5 12-18/20 and got 5 PULLTABS.
I ended up crushing him on bullets,but took a beating on buttons. Next time we go back I will use the 6inch DD and grab me a darn Button.

Thank You.

PS. I TTF and line out 01-01 to 01-38 to kill hot rock and black out 27 on down.]]> BrownBear Minelab E-TRAC ForumThu, 23 May 2013 23:16:33 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1914733,1914733#msg-1914733 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1914733,1914733#msg-1914733 Ohio Digger Minelab E-TRAC ForumThu, 23 May 2013 21:16:16 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1914657,1914657#msg-1914657 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1914657,1914657#msg-1914657 capecrazy Minelab E-TRAC ForumFri, 24 May 2013 21:38:21 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1914320,1914320#msg-1914320 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1914320,1914320#msg-1914320 robertj298 Minelab E-TRAC ForumThu, 23 May 2013 16:30:27 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1914128,1914128#msg-1914128 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1914128,1914128#msg-1914128 Mtcooley Minelab E-TRAC ForumThu, 23 May 2013 03:12:18 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1914039,1914039#msg-1914039 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1914039,1914039#msg-1914039Went out after work yesterday with LDC. We went back to a park that we had gone to once before, where LDC had found two silver dimes at. The grass had been cut, so we thought it would help us sniff out a few more keepers. After a couple of hours of detecting we had only found some clad & couple of wheats, and it was getting late. We left the park looking for another spot based on some info from a nice guy that stopped to talk about the hobby. That led us to a door knock of another fellow that knew a lot of history in the area, and that took us to the owner of an old abandoned house that we wanted to hunt. The gentleman that owns the old house is a serious relic hunter and showed us his incredible collection of CW finds. We spent a lot of time talking and looking at all his displays, but could spend hours there to see it all. He gave us the OK to look around the house, but by then it was getting dark. We decide to give it a quick go since we were right there. I put my 6x8 coil on and ran in TTF and the Etrac was telling me my battery was just about dead when I started working close to the house with all the old nails. I got a iffy Indian sort of signal and dug my plug. I located the coin and started to remove the dirt, when I see this very thin, very small silver coin with a hole in it. At this point I'm fired up that this could be what I was hoping for. I quickly run over to my truck to get my water to rinse it off, hold it up to the light in my truck and sure enough it's my first Seated coin and it's an 1839 Half Dime! It is very worn, holed and has an A scratched on it, but I think it's awesome and wished I could hear the stories from 174 years of history. I ran over to LDC to tell him what I found, he had just pulled up a French coin from the 40's. We hated to leave, but it was too dark to hunt and had to get back home. It's wild to think about the series of events that took place to get to this little coin, and makes for a fun story. We are hoping to get a second hunt at this place to see if it holds any more surprises. HH David

]]> Sooper Dave Minelab E-TRAC ForumFri, 24 May 2013 17:15:47 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1913915,1913915#msg-1913915 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1913915,1913915#msg-1913915
I also got $3.66 in clad, 2 divot tools, and 4 Wheaties.

Is it the coil, luck, or...

Anyways, here are the pics.]]> jakechiro Minelab E-TRAC ForumWed, 22 May 2013 11:01:10 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1913861,1913861#msg-1913861 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1913861,1913861#msg-1913861 cragar21 Minelab E-TRAC ForumThu, 23 May 2013 13:48:13 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1913585,1913585#msg-1913585 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1913585,1913585#msg-1913585
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When I found it I thought it was my first Franklin. I did not realize how much bigger it was until I got home. Interestingly, it actually has less silver than a US half, 0.385 vs 0.42 tr oz.

[attachment 266352 pesoCompare.jpg]]]> ryanchappell Minelab E-TRAC ForumWed, 22 May 2013 12:22:22 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1913100,1913100#msg-1913100 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1913100,1913100#msg-1913100 spo307 Minelab E-TRAC ForumThu, 23 May 2013 00:11:20 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1912959,1912959#msg-1912959 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1912959,1912959#msg-1912959Saturday was take a kid detecting day for me. I took my 9 year old girl and a friend that has been wanting to go with me for months. He loves history and anything war related. It's great to see a kids reaction to every signal and what comes out. We hit a yard that didn't produce a ton of relics, but we had a blast with what we did find. We found two smashed thimbles with ads on them, one from Tennessee & one is a Churngold Butterine Co. from Cincinnati Ohio. Also dug a "Hinds Honey And Almond Cream Bloomfield NJ" bottle & what I believe to be an old Scout pin with St.Louis 04, not sure of the age but it looks early. The cuff link is neat with the flashy "stone" in it. The token is a WWI "Good Luck To Our Army" token, that was made around 1914-1918. Only found a few wheats & clad but no silver. When I dropped our buddy off he was so excited to show his Mom what he had found, I gave him a camo finds pouch that he used for his relics & I put a couple of CW Minnie & Round balls for a nice little surprise. HH David

]]> Sooper Dave Minelab E-TRAC ForumWed, 22 May 2013 09:18:35 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1912927,1912927#msg-1912927 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1912927,1912927#msg-1912927Well this was a pretty good weekend, and I was ready for a good one! I have hunted everyday this week and had nothing to show for it except for a pile of wheats, clad and one indian from the old fairgrounds I have been hunting.

Saturday I picked up Stringfrenzy (Josh) and off we went to a farm he had permission for, he had hunted there before but said he did not get much. I got the brass stirrup along the sidewalk about 10" deep and thought that was a good start, well from there we both went almost 2 hours till another keeper. I walked to the far end of the property and found 2 flat buttons then nothing again till I was about to give up and started swinging my way back over to Josh and I got a sweet 12-47 at 7" deep. I am not sure how I missed this the first time thru here, but sure glad I got it before I left, out popped my first large cent of the yr, 1837. On the other side of the yard withing 5 minutes Josh pulled a 1853 LC.

Then we went up to a house in town he had hunted a bit before and I got a couple wheats, then got the sterling ring, it is marked 10K gold filled sterling....pretty neat, inside is gold outside silver, Also got a 1917 merc there as well. The owner had a baby raccoon that was absolutely adorable and I asked if I could hold him for a pic, well he ran right up and sit on my hat and made for a great photo...lol

Sunday I met up with Starky (Erich) and we went knocking doors, did a few curb strips, from the curbs I got a 5 cent trade token, tons of clad, couple wheats. And the last stop was an old house, yard was tiny, the owner said it had been detected before but we were welcome to try our luck, first dig was a 1935 wheat, nothing special, clad quarters were literally everywhere, dug over $5 in clad, I dug a signal in the front and when I opened the plug, there lay the nice shooter marble, that was a bonus, underneath it was a shotgun shell, good thing I dig all those signals! Last dig there was the hefty sterling bracelet. It is just shy of 1/2 oz of sterling, not bad way to end the weekend!

]]> Goes4ever Minelab E-TRAC ForumWed, 22 May 2013 15:35:49 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1912658,1912658#msg-1912658 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1912658,1912658#msg-1912658 artifactdigger64 Minelab E-TRAC ForumMon, 20 May 2013 18:20:20 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1912228,1912228#msg-1912228 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1912228,1912228#msg-1912228go to Plan B. There is a an old trolley stop that I've hunted in the past with my Explorer II that was my backup but I didn't get there until after lunch.
The last time I was there I only found a few wheaties so I figured the E-Trac would find a few goodies. It always pays to have Plan B !!
The 4 wheats and the 26 Merc were found in a small area and then not much else. About 50 feet away I got a 12-40 signal at 4 inches. Cutting the
plug and pulling it away revealed a silver dime in the hole. Hmmmmm......doesn't look like a wheaty??? I pulled the coin from the hole and realized it was a Barber dime!
This reading was a little low for a Barber dime so I waived it by the coil and it still read 12-40! I immediately thought of the post from a few days ago about how to tell the wheaty
signals from the silver signals and the advice that everyone had given was to dig them all. Good advice, let's keep diggin' them wheaty signals. Happy Hunting everyone.]]> AJ in PA Minelab E-TRAC ForumWed, 22 May 2013 11:32:21 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1912094,1912094#msg-1912094 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1912094,1912094#msg-1912094I was using the stock coil in TTF today and I'm hoping to pick up an 8x6 SEF soon. I think that combo will be killer at this site. Everything but the '44 Merc was in with iron.]]> Ohio Digger Minelab E-TRAC ForumTue, 21 May 2013 10:51:25 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1912041,1912041#msg-1912041 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1912041,1912041#msg-1912041 cintitomcat Minelab E-TRAC ForumSun, 19 May 2013 09:14:16 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1911748,1911748#msg-1911748 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1911748,1911748#msg-1911748 smkunder Minelab E-TRAC ForumThu, 23 May 2013 13:08:15 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1911693,1911693#msg-1911693 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1911693,1911693#msg-1911693
I'm looking for a bit of advice. I've recently been hunting an old area which has turned up surprisingly little in the way of coins. Lots of iron trash but I've also found an 1890's opera glass lens, an antique lighter, and a military button from the 20's. I thought it was cleaned out but then I found a 1936 Mercury and a bunch of 60's clad. So I suspect that there is some fill dirt on what is basically unhunted ground.

What settings should I use to get my etrac to go as deep as possible? I'm guessing manual sensitivity 26+, recover deep on, trash density high, and...? I'm using a stock coil btw.]]> ot1138 Minelab E-TRAC ForumWed, 22 May 2013 04:17:51 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1911633,1911633#msg-1911633 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1911633,1911633#msg-1911633
Starting to like this ultimate coil a bit. The Rosie was in some pretty good trash. When I put the plug back and swept over it with an open screen, there was iron everywhere. Probably explains the jumpy numbers. The Mercury wasn't in any trash, but was pretty deep, maybe 8-10" (I didn't officially measure but it was deeper than the blade on my Predator digging tool.

I don't know what happened to that Mercury. At first I thought I did it with my digger. Upon closer inspection, I didn't do that!!

Thanks for looking!]]> jakechiro Minelab E-TRAC ForumSat, 18 May 2013 11:05:11 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1911614,1911614#msg-1911614 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1911614,1911614#msg-1911614 happycamper08 Minelab E-TRAC ForumFri, 17 May 2013 11:31:10 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1910906,1910906#msg-1910906 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1910906,1910906#msg-1910906Thanks helgriffan]]> helgriffan Minelab E-TRAC ForumWed, 15 May 2013 20:30:18 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1910751,1910751#msg-1910751 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1910751,1910751#msg-1910751
I am pumped, this is my first Barber!]]> jakechiro Minelab E-TRAC ForumThu, 16 May 2013 18:22:18 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1910578,1910578#msg-1910578 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1910578,1910578#msg-1910578 Ohio Digger Minelab E-TRAC ForumWed, 15 May 2013 12:50:43 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1910569,1910569#msg-1910569 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1910569,1910569#msg-1910569 robertj298 Minelab E-TRAC ForumThu, 23 May 2013 09:12:16 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1910498,1910498#msg-1910498 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1910498,1910498#msg-1910498I hunted around at few old houses, on a vacant lot where a 1800's house once stood and along a section of very old sidewalk.

The 1893 V- Nickel is in rough shape but the 1908 V- Nickel is in better than average condition.

The "Miner's Tag" has the #42 on it. Every miner carried one of these tags.
They would hang them on a board outside of the mine before going in to work and them remove the tag from the board at the end of their shift.
This was how the coal company could tell if any of their employee's were still in the mine.

The Pocket Watch has no stampings on it but it appears to be older.

The Cuff Link is made of "Silvertone"and has a 1958 Patent Date on it.

The Sunoco Gas Company - U.S Landmark's series Token was produced by the Franklin Mint in 1970.

The Sewing Thimble is made of Aluminum.

Good Hunting ! --- Mark]]> E-TRAC-OHIO Minelab E-TRAC ForumFri, 17 May 2013 09:16:48 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1910416,1910416#msg-1910416 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1910416,1910416#msg-1910416

1914 D wheat six in deep. I used a sunray 5 in coil to find all these coins amongst nails and other trash. I had used the stock coil on my e-trac to pull out seven wheats, a twenty centavos and a buffalo nickel several months ago.
]]> jollyrodger Minelab E-TRAC ForumTue, 14 May 2013 20:24:09 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1910381,1910381#msg-1910381 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1910381,1910381#msg-1910381
Astonished might not be a proper explanation of my thoughts after learning a workable setting for my area. I used an E-trac once before for about a day.. Made the error of thinking the Se Pro was better because I was familiar with it and dumped the Etrac after one day.. MY BAD !!

The E-Trac makes many of my prior hunted sights like new places to hunt.. Silver, and other items I must have missed with the prior detectors are now being found.. I'm not talking about places I only hunted once, or even twice. I'm speaking of hunted over, and over places that now produce good finds using the Etrac.. I can only imagine what a CTX 3030 would be able to do if like all says, it's an even better detector... For now I am very, very happy with the Etrac results........ To be blunt they are Astonishing !!

You will have to try it to believe it... :bouncy:]]> Elton Minelab E-TRAC ForumMon, 20 May 2013 20:51:02 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1910355,1910355#msg-1910355 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1910355,1910355#msg-1910355 LowGrowlSal Minelab E-TRAC ForumWed, 15 May 2013 20:46:39 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1910167,1910167#msg-1910167 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1910167,1910167#msg-1910167 robertj298 Minelab E-TRAC ForumTue, 14 May 2013 12:55:04 -0500